WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits eased slightly last week, Haver Analytics estimated on Thursday, pointing to stable labor market conditions that could provide the Federal Reserve cover to keep interest rates unchanged next month. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dipped to a seasonally adjusted 227,543 for the week ended November 8 from...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday that the President Donald Trump was ready to follow through with pledges to grant tariff exemptions on some food and other products that are not produced in the U.S. Greer told CNBC in a live interview that there were some micro-areas of trade in products not produced in the U.S.,...

07:52 AM EST, 11/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US dollar rose against its major trading partners early Friday, except for a decline versus the yen, ahead of a series of appearances by Federal Reserve officials, followed by weekly natural gas stocks inventory data. The various government statistical agencies should begin next week to release the backlog of economic indicators caused...

(Reuters) -Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid on Friday said his concerns about too hot inflation go well beyond the narrow effects of tariffs alone, in fresh remarks that signaled he could dissent again at the Fed's December meeting should policymakers opt to cut short-term borrowing costs again. Schmid was one of two dissenters on the Fed's October decision...